singapore days: pt. 4
You’ll have to excuse the gross lack of photographic record of our final day in Singapore. To tell the truth, I took my first picture + then proceeded to eat […]
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singapore days: pt. 3
Our third day in Singapore brought us through Chinatown + to maaaaaany Temples: Hindu, Buddhist + Taoist. The first thing we did once we got to Chinatown, like proper tourists, […]
singapore nights
Despite tales of Singapore’s bustling night life, I did not partake in any of the city’s clubbing + bar hopping during this trip (as exciting as that might have been […]
singapore days: pt. 2
On day two in Singapore, we decided to go to Pulau Ubin, an island off the main city that is reputed to be quite the way all of Singapore was […]
singapore days: pt. 1
So as I was saying, three weeks ago my mom came to Asia to visit me! It was her first time in Asia + she stayed for two weeks, one […]
teaser
I don’t like posting for the sake of posting, but that’s sort of exactly what I am doing to say that I haven’t forgotten you, my devoted readers, or ze […]
finding the way away in a tourist trap: jiufen
During my first few weeks in Taipei, I went on a bunch of touristy excursions knowing that as school picked up, I would have less + less time for such […]
finals! spring! a show! singapore! mama! wooooooo!
This week was a big week! On Sunday, March 10, I celebrated my three-months in Taipei mark, as well as my parent’s wedding anniversary + my dog’s birthday! Tuesday I […]
fun with foreigners
So there is this thing that happens here that I find endlessly fascinating. It is an epidemic in Taipei City. No, I do not refer, here, to the eardrum shattering […]
228: peace memorial day
Immediately following Chinese New Year, Taiwan commemorates perhaps its most important + historically controversial national holiday: 2/28. Here, I will attempt to explain the history of the date + holiday […]
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